Eloquently put and very true. Agree on the point about India. Similar thing has recently happened in Australia where Abbott seems to be a stooge of Rupert Murdo

Eloquently put and very true. Agree on the point about India. Similar thing has recently happened in Australia where Abbott seems to be a stooge of Rupert Murdoch and few other big corporations - and his position as PM seems to be purely ceremonial. As always, the classic talk by Lawrence Lessig [1] makes a really passionate plea to reverse this trend. [1] http://www.ted.com/talks/lawrence_lessig_we_the_people_and_the_republic_we_must_reclaim?language=en http://www.ted.com/talks/lawrence_lessig_we_the_people_and_t...